OK - then why is the percentage of top level RU players from the private education sector still so high - 80 % of the current England squad are taken from a sector of society which constitutes less than 7% of the overall population -and if player development is so good in RU why are the RFU - which represent a country with more RU players then anywhere else in the World still scrambling around struggling to get a decent team together to the extent that any decent SA or Kiwi playing in the GP who qualifys for residency seems to get touted for the England side - also if you believe the rather ludicrous assertion that RU is not an elitist sport( The official Sale website even boasts on it`s home page how many of their supporters are Company Directors) try talking to the working-class Ben Cohen who was recently reciting on Radio 5 what a struggle it was for himself to break into the sport due to his background .
Incidentally my late Father was an ex-Capt of Warrington RU and my uncle played for Broughton Park prior to sigining to a RL club and going onto rep hoonours ...

Here's a thought.
Why din't Rugby Union now employ RL attacking coached to show them how to beat the defensive systems they have out in place.

On the media parts of the thread, a lot of our RL supporters (all clubs) really annoy me when they want a club first policy and say they don't much care about the International team.
Can they not appreciate how much publicity is gained if the International side does well. My son in law is a PE teacher at a secondary school on Bolton and sad he couldn't believe how much the awareness heightened of Rugby Union when England won the World Cup.

Why do people equate the South with not being working class?

As i type this now i'm stood in Acton W3 i can assure you it's majority working class possibly even underclass.

Clearly you are right, as a man STOOD typing, they haven't even got tables or desks, the impoverished southern fairies